Carol S. (waucondacarol) reviewed Treacherous Toys (Renaissance Faire, Bk 5) on + 319 more book reviews
One of my favorite series. Who would have thought such quirky and funny things could happen at a Renaissance Faire Park? Pirates invade the local tavern, the brotherhood of the bread run the bakery, Merlin is flashing nude under his robes, Robin Hood and His Merry Men steal toaster ovens, fairies flit and flirt, Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters make trouble, The pregnant Queen and King and their court and knights rule the Faire, and no end of other slightly weird inhabitants enliven the paying visitors' day. Each book in the series has Jessie Morton apprenticing in a different shop to learn Medieval crafts for her PhD dissertation, in between her romance with the faire's bailiff, Chase Manhattan, and solving murder mysteries.
I always enjoy the books in this series- partly for the mystery and partly for the behind-the-scenes at the Renaissance Faire. This one was a good one- I totally thought I had the murderer pegged, but did not, which I love. I know that there are only a couple more titles in the series which is a bummer.
Linda R. (wolfie123) - , reviewed Treacherous Toys (Renaissance Faire, Bk 5) on + 420 more book reviews
Who would want to kill Father Christmas? and why? Jessie Morton's apprentship at the Renaissance Faire toy making shop comes to a sudden end when Chris Christmas is murdered.....she and beau Chase Manhattan are convinced that his widow did not kill him, even though she seems like the most likely suspect . The local cops believe she is guilty so it up to Jessie and Chase to find the real killer ...Entertaining